French Lawmakers Vote to Ban Super Thin Models

Fashion models under a certain level of body mass index would be banned from the runway in France, under a new law that would also punish the agencies that employ them. Photo: Reuters

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... lawmakers have voted in favor of a law that would be an excessively seeing models from the runway and potentially find employers ... on Friday the country's National Assembly supported an amendment that would forbid anyone under certain body mass index or BMI ... from working as a runway model ... BMI is the ratio of a person's height and weight ... the World Health Organization says a BMI of less than eighteen point five is underweight designers agencies to hire underweight models can be fined as much as eighty thousand dollars to face up to six months in jail for the new law ... the point of those to combat anorexia according to lawmakers ... that you like Cuba and it is you ... know a lot of the displays of enough to make sure that the health of people working in the auto industry is protected human ... what does your dog ... it's not just about protecting the Model S but also teenagers ... because the body image pressure also affects them and contributes to the emergence of eating disorders and convinces you less and less indebted ... France's move follows similar measures put in place by Italy and Spain ... ultimately forced off the court were plans to change their preferred profile ultra thin models as a showcase for them excludes ... him and still requires